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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
7
Farmers facing ditch or small stream issues can adapt fences to control stock flow. Posts near the stream edge support wires linked to a rod at A, with a stationary cross piece and BRE hinges. Boards nailed across supports form a gate that swings with the current, allowing debris passage when flooded and closing as water recedes.
Weeds will appear in permanent pastures and meadows due to thin grass stands. Regular mowing after harvest and re-seeding with clover and timothy in spring will thicken grass, reduce weed seeds, and improve pasture quality. If land is rich enough, doubling pasture may eliminate weeds without constant mowing.
The article offers farming tips on fruit marketing, sunscald and foliage, pear blight as a major obstacle, and recommends white clover for low land to boost meadow yields. It also notes that improper pasture and rooking walls can endanger three month old chicks.
Instructions on building strong forms for concrete walls emphasize exact plumb and braced framing, keeping forms up to prevent collapses, and using proper mix ratios. For ordinary walls use cement lime sand and gravel in specific proportions. ensure the mix is wet and well mixed. tamp in layers not exceeding six to eight inches. complete one section before starting another to avoid weak joints.
Advice from a farmer on harvesting beans and ferns with timing from late August to early September. Steps include cutting two rows at a time, wagon haul to barn, stacking with straw layers, delaying threshing for 3 to 6 weeks, keeping concaves low, threshing by hand by the machine operator, and hand picking near home to ensure quality and satisfaction.
Describes stone walls common in some regions and a crude breachy man needed to climb over them. Highlights the value of a well built stile and the steps illustrated in the cut for easier passage between parts of a farm.
The note urges immediate fieldwork to control weeds before seed set. It warns that cornfields pastures may appear clear, but odd corners and burn yards still harbor enough weeds to spread. It advises using a scythe in the next two weeks to tackle the weed problem.
For Beginners, Beginners should not start in by trying to take several breeds and varieties of fowl. Better confine the efforts to raising one species. Nearly all the successful poultry raisers make a specialty of only one or two varieties. They find that it pays better than it does to experiment with half dozens of breeds.
A Danish born sculptor living in New York, Gitton Borg Jum, unveils a new Lincoln bust shaped by years of study and measurements. He argues the right side expresses intellect and leadership while the left reflects gentleness and spiritual warmth, offering a grand, powerful likeness unseen in prior works.
Col Headington writes of the Palmetto ranch clash near the Rio Grande and cattle raids by 50 men with Mexican scouts. The color bearer of the Thirty-fourth Indiana reportedly safeguarded a flag as it crossed into Mexico, and duties to recover it followed. David W. Orr, a Monitor veteran, died by his own hand in Greenwich Village, once an amphinist and later a famed auto shop owner, entangled in reminiscences of Hampton Roads.
A playful quarrel centers on a secret password shared by a husband and wife. She warns of secrecy while he reveals a password to a lodge meeting, then both mistake the phrase as it’s repeated rapidly. The exchange ends with a joking fear of a hunt.
Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes an 55 year battle with eczema starting at birth. After trying many remedies he reports curing with Cutiura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills for eight months. Nelson R. Burnett of Tipton Iowa endorses the testimonial as truthful.
A rainy day streetcar scene shows a large pink man sitting on a drippy seat despite the wet, his wife explaining she’s tired as she sits on his lap. The conductor’s silent reaction elicits grins from all aboard. A separate dining moment follows as a sporting man in a restaurant orders oyster stew and bets he can swim between oysters.
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